Mark VI Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 That was sure a sloppy but exciting game between West Virginia and Maryland. The OT win by WV gives them a good chance to dream of a big BCS bowl game, which the Big East still holds an automatic bid to ( a crime ) . They play arch rival Va Tech in 2 weeks, which they should win. The rest of their schedule is quite soft. Little wonder Lee Corso picked them as a sleeper to be in the Big game come BCS time. Everyone else may suffer a loss while they drub inferior opponents for the rest of the year. Michigan struggled on Offense and hung on at home for a 3 point win over San Diego St., who's kicker missed a couple short FG's. Iowa got crushed by Arizona St. Minnesota has crushed 3 bad teams. Will be curious to see what they can do in conference play. Purdue killed Ball St. and Syracuse. They could be the conference surprise. Joe Tiller is an excellent offensive mind but usually has a Defense that gives up a lot of points. That's their key. Ohio St. played their usual conservative dull offensive game with Big play Defense and Special Teams... beat NC State 22-15. Opponenets call them the Luckeyes. Whatever. Since 2002 they are 29-2 with one National Championship. They win. Think Coach Jim Tressel has anything to do with this ? Tenn-Florida was a great game. Tenn wins on a long FG on the final play. 30-28. My 3 nephews all are Florida grads. I can only imagine how many times they said " Spurrier " yesterday. Zook is never allowed to lose a game. Auburn beat LSU in a true bad game. That was boring as hell to watch. Still, a huge win for Auburn. ND overcame an early blocked punt and put away Mich State. As a Buckeye fan, I thank them for beating both Mich. and Mich. St. ND is hard to read. They lose to BYU and then 2 nice wins. I give them props for having a tough schedule every season. Willingham is a good coach. USC, Oklahoma and Miami all had some easy wins. Georgia looked sluggish while beating Marshall, the best 0-3 team in years. Conference play next. Player of the Week - RB Maurice Drew - UCLA - 26 carries 321 yards 5 TD's Great stat line-after the 1st Quarter - Drew has 4 carries- 163 yards , 3 TD's Any impressions you wish to add from yesterday ? Quote
R. Rich Posted September 20, 2004 Posted September 20, 2004 Ohio State needs to get better play from Zwick. He's too up and down at this point. Besides that, they look pretty good. West Virginia looked pretty good in beating Maryland too. Then again, Maryland doesn't look as good as they did a couple seasons ago. Amazing what losing a few guys like EJ Henderson, Randy Starks, and Madieu Williams will do for a defense. Notre Dame could be the real deal, or they could be that team that got handled by the Cougars. We'll soon know the truth. Michigan still looks to be not quite ready to be a major contender. Sure, San Diego State is a decent team, but the Wolverines just don't look like a team ready to run away with either a Big 11 title or a national title. Good thing it's early on; by season's end, they'll be right in the thick of things again. Penn State.........my beloved Nittany Lions. As long as we can play the Akrons and Central Floridas of the world, we'll do just fine. Defense is still weak in pass coverage and also whiffed on a lot of open field tackles. Ugly! There's still work to be done, but they're on the right track. Quote
Like A Mofo Posted September 20, 2004 Posted September 20, 2004 I agree R.Rich with your assessment of our Nittany Lions...at least they are winning games they should.. Anyone catch the Florida/Tennessee game? Kid from Tenn missed an extra point, what redemption, drills a 51 yd FG to win it...clutch kick..excellent game Quote
stuckincincy Posted September 20, 2004 Posted September 20, 2004 Ohio State needs to get better play from Zwick. He's too up and down at this point. Besides that, they look pretty good. West Virginia looked pretty good in beating Maryland too. Then again, Maryland doesn't look as good as they did a couple seasons ago. Amazing what losing a few guys like EJ Henderson, Randy Starks, and Madieu Williams will do for a defense. Notre Dame could be the real deal, or they could be that team that got handled by the Cougars. We'll soon know the truth. Michigan still looks to be not quite ready to be a major contender. Sure, San Diego State is a decent team, but the Wolverines just don't look like a team ready to run away with either a Big 11 title or a national title. Good thing it's early on; by season's end, they'll be right in the thick of things again. Penn State.........my beloved Nittany Lions. As long as we can play the Akrons and Central Floridas of the world, we'll do just fine. Defense is still weak in pass coverage and also whiffed on a lot of open field tackles. Ugly! There's still work to be done, but they're on the right track. 38244[/snapback] Madieu Williams, IIRC a player you favored, has been doing a good job so far for Cincy. Due to injuries, he played CB against the NYJ and was burned in the 1st half - not out of position - was step 'n step with the WR but being raw can't time his jumps to bat a ball away from a pro yet, and certainly needs time to learn the tricks of the trade. Played much better in the 2nd half. He was back at S against Mia. last nite. Fair coverage and looks to be able to play the run in good fashion. Seemed to always be in the camera's eye on most plays - which is good. I'm also wondering when Penn State will play a real opponent vs. the duckpins they have lined up so far... Quote
R. Rich Posted September 20, 2004 Posted September 20, 2004 Madieu Williams, IIRC a player you favored, has been doing a good job so far for Cincy. Due to injuries, he played CB against the NYJ and was burned in the 1st half - not out of position - was step 'n step with the WR but being raw can't time his jumps to bat a ball away from a pro yet, and certainly needs time to learn the tricks of the trade. Played much better in the 2nd half. He was back at S against Mia. last nite. Fair coverage and looks to be able to play the run in good fashion. Seemed to always be in the camera's eye on most plays - which is good. I'm also wondering when Penn State will play a real opponent vs. the duckpins they have lined up so far... 38611[/snapback] That's good that Williams is doing well for Cincy. I got to see a fair amount of Terps games here, so I know he's a good one. Play real opponents? I don't know if they're ready for that yet. Then again, how else will you know if they're ready? One thing I've noticed is that PSU seems to want to make stars out of these teams' players: the Akron QB (Charlie Frye) the first week, the UCF RB (can't remember his name) last Saturday. Both of them ripped the Lions' defense up. Quote
Tux of Borg Posted September 20, 2004 Posted September 20, 2004 How many wins does Ohio State get if Nugent gets hurt? Notre Dame is starting to come to form. Shelton and Walker are shaping the identity of a young Irish offense. Only concern is they don't know how to close out a game. It should have been a blow out. Quote
Mark VI Posted September 21, 2004 Author Posted September 21, 2004 Ohio State needs to get better play from Zwick. He's too up and down at this point. 38244[/snapback] Krenzel was like that for 3 years. Their winning formula is big play D and Special Teams. Just like old times. Winning ugly....but winning. Quote
R. Rich Posted September 21, 2004 Posted September 21, 2004 Krenzel was like that for 3 years. Their winning formula is big play D and Special Teams. Just like old times. Winning ugly....but winning. 39390[/snapback] They can't rely on "old times" stragegy, not in the age of reduced scholarships, which are levelling the playing field and making college football more competitive. As I said, I do believe that they'll get it together eventually, but they don't want to do that after they're out of a national title chase. Who wants to play their best football of the year in the Outback Bowl? Quote
BF_in_Indiana Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 Ohio State should have lost to Marshall. Marshall DOMINATED the second half of that game. OSU is a top 20 team, but they will finish with at least 2 losses. Their offense just isn't good enough to go unbeaten when the D doesn't hold up their end of the bargain. Quote
Nervous Guy Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 Michigan still looks to be not quite ready to be a major contender. Sure, San Diego State is a decent team, but the Wolverines just don't look like a team ready to run away with either a Big 11 title or a national title. Good thing it's early on; by season's end, they'll be right in the thick of things again. 38244[/snapback] Too bad they have true freshmen playing QB and RB....I think we're billsfanone. Quote
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